1、江苏省徐州市九年级下期中考试英语试题有答案2015-2016学年度第二学期期中检测 九年级英语试题（本卷共110分，考试时间100分钟）一、 选择填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）( )1.Thanks for your invitation, but Im so sorry I cant go . I need to _ my baby at home.A. take away B. take off C. take care of D. take out of( )2. -Whats wrong with you, Eric? You look tired.-I _ to prep
2、are for the final exam last night. A. picked up B. woke up C. stayed up D. put up( )3. Lindas father hates waiting in long lines. I think hes just not very _.A. patient B. talented C. popular D. powerful( )4. The fire is dangerous. We should _ as quickly as possible. A. put it on B. put it out C. pu
3、t it away D. put it off( )5. She _be here. He is on the way to London. A. cant B. may C. can D. mustnt( )6.-Liu Ming , is that our head teacher Miss Chen over there ? -It cant be her . She _Xiamen for a meeting. A. has been to B. has gone to C. has been away D. has left( )7.Xuzhou Department Store _
4、in 1911 and it has become a cinema in recent years. A. build B. is built C. built D. was built( )8.-The air pollution is terrible. - It will be worse _we take action to protect the environment. A. if B. unless C. until D. when( )9.-Why dont you wear our school uniforms? -Oh, I dont like their styles
5、. They are out of _. A. control B. sight C. reach D. fashion( )10.-Why do you look so happy?- My father _ me to buy me an iPhone for my birthday.A. suggested B. advised C. promised D. agreed.( )11.After the earthquake , we are trying to help the _people to rebuild their homes. A. harmless B. endless
6、 C. useless D. homeless( )12. How terrible the accident was! The man was hit _and _. A. by car; bled to death B. by a car; bled to death C. by car; bleed to death D. by a car; bleed to death( )13.-I missed the wonderful film yesterday.-_. But you can watch it tomorrow. A. Hurry up B. I dont think so
7、 C. Try your best D. What a pity.( )14.-Which of the two pairs of shoes will you take? - Ill take _. They are too small for me. A. neither B. all C. either D. both( )15. -My grandma passed away yesterday. -_. A. Dont mention it B. No problem C.Im sorry to hear that D.Thats OK二、 完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15
8、分）Most of us have three meals a day .We take food for granted(当然). And we dont think about it. 16 experts think a food crisis(危机)is coming. This crisis is going to make us 17 the way we think about food.Food is in great need 18 a growing of world population. By 1960, the population was three billion
9、. It doubled to six billion by 1999. By 2050, this planet will need to 19 at least nine billion people. As a result, the food prices get higher and higher.So, what can a 20 , crowded world do ? One suggestion is to eat 21 meat. Meat uses more natural resources(资源)than grains(谷物). It requires more 22
10、 to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more 23 than vegetables. So , eating less meat will 24 more land for farming, and it will save water.To eat less meat, people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be 25 .Americ
11、ans, for example, have 26 loved meat. In general, They eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time, in developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years. 27 will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat wil1 28 to put pressure（压力）
12、 on natural resources.World population is increasing, resources are becoming fewer, and food prices are rising .Therefore, we need to rethink 29 we eat every day. For meat lovers, we dont need to give up meat 30 .But we need to eat more grains and less meat.( )16.A. And B. But C. Or D. Until( )17.A.
13、 change B. find C. get D. tell( )18.A. instead ofB. thanks to C. because ofD. as for( )19.A. help B. have C. feed D. meet( )20.A. busy B. tired C. thirsty D. hungry( )21.A. less B. more C. much D. little( )22.A. time B. land C. people D. place( )23.A. air B. meat C. money D. water( )24.A. provide B.
14、 produce C. waste D. need( )25.A. importantB. hard C. easy D. necessary( )26.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. always( )27.A. It B. They C. We D. That( )28.A. continueB. stop C. have D. start( )29.A. how B. when C. what D. where( )30.A. quickly B. completely C. finally D. especially三、阅读理解（共12小题，每小题2分，
15、满分24分）阅读下面三篇短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(A)Here is a weather table. Dear friends, after you read it ,can you answer the following questions?CityMaxMinWeatherBeijing035clearChangchun1220snowyShanghai1609rainyGuangzhou2919cloudyHaikou2622rainyWuhan1708cloudyLanzhou112clearKunming1807clear( )31.How man
16、y kinds of weather are there in this weather report? A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Eight( )32.Which city is the coldest that day? A. Beijing B. Shanghai C. Lanzhou D. Changchun( )33.Whats the meaning of Max? A. The highest temperature at night. B. The temperature at night C. The highest temperature in t
17、he daytime D. the smallest number(B)Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.First, why do you want to be popular? As
18、k yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize that everyone
19、 is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in a right way.Volunteer to help with clas
20、sroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as
21、 someone who makes a difference at your school .( )34.What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Strange. B. Popular. C. Exciting D. Common( )35.What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph? ANot losing a sense of self BCreating a club o
22、f our own CMaking a difference to our school DFollowing other students example( )36.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer? ABe nice to other people at school BFind something that you are good at CMake your teachers know youre a good student DMake friends with some students who are po
23、pular( )37.The writer writes the passage to tell us_.Awhat to do in high school Bhow to get along well with othersChow to become popular in middle schoolDwhat kinds of students are popular at school（C）In the 1920s , the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because
24、 it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants(服务) to look after the passengers. Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers luggage(行李)but they did not provide food and drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Chu
25、rch invented the “stewardess”.Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didnt want to work on a farm or marry a farmer she wanted a more adventurous(冒险的)life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the ne
26、xt few years she stayed at the hospital and at the same time took flying lessons and got her pilots license. Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a mans world. Although women like Emelia Earheart
27、 were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weather made many passengers
28、 sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 19
29、40 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned1 an hour.In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.(
